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The Pirate Movie (1982)
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Here's Phil Sternenberg's capsule review: Do yourself a favor and try to find a copy of The Pirate Movie, no matter how bad you've heard it is. If you know the real Pirates backwards and forwards and inside out, especially if you've performed in it, the movie is good for laughs (and groans, much the way you'd react to an atrocious pun). It's so bad it's good, much as Plan Nine From Outer Space is considered. It would be a complete mystery and have little, if any, entertainment value for someone with no knowledge of the real Pirates, though. For example (spoken, not sung as in the real Pirates): I agree with Phil: it's so bad, it's good! Selections from the soundtrack were issued on Polydor, including even an 8-track release (a format I thought obsolete in 1982). There was both a single LP (13 tracks) and a double LP (20 tracks). I am not sure if the cassette and 8-track releases matched the single LP or the double LP. Adrian Bridgeman, who has a promotional copy of the single LP, sent me the following list of selections:
Adrian says, "The G&S tracks are all on side 2 and are self-evident. The Major General's song includes the classic lines: I comprehend contemporary culture North American "Tarantara has a nice bounce to it but the disc has little else to commend itself." The recording apparently has a cult following. J. Donald Smith told me that a copy offered on Ebay went for $307! However, that was an anomaly: a more typical price is $40-50 (still higher than most G&S records). On Amazon.com, the DVD re-issue has an astonishing five-star customer rating.
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